Blood Libel #23 | “The Star of David is a symbol of oppression.”

Anti-Zionist:

The Israeli flag and the Star of David represent oppression to Palestinians.

Pro-Zionist:

So your issue isn’t with a policy or a government — it’s with a religious and cultural symbol of the Jewish people?

(Let them explain.)

Pro-Zionist:

The Star of David is a sacred Jewish symbol — a symbol of faith, identity, and continuity for thousands of years.

If you say that symbol represents “oppression,” then what you’re really saying is the Jewish people’s identity itself is illegitimate.

Let me ask:

• Would you say the crescent moon is a symbol of terrorism because of ISIS?

• Would you say the cross is a symbol of colonialism because of the Crusades?

No. Because we understand that symbols don’t belong to the worst people who invoke them.

So when you turn a Jewish symbol into an insult — you’re not critiquing policy. You’re engaging in symbolic dehumanization — which is a hallmark of antisemitism.